Comparison

Sew Help Me vs Stash Hub

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sew Help Me

This app helps sewers organize their fabric stash, patterns, and projects. Develop ideas by linking patterns to fabrics, create shopping lists, and document your creations with photos. Find items easily with a detailed search and store notes and links to useful resources.

Highlights
  • Fabric stash organization
  • Pattern management
  • Project development
  • Shopping list creation
  • Photo documentation of creations
  • Detailed search functionality
  • Links to blogs, websites, and shops
Features
Currently charting
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The complete sewing and dressmaking organiser. Organises your fabric stash, patterns and more.  Develop your ideas into projects, linking patterns to fabrics.  Make shopping lists for your projects.  Take and keep photos of all your creations.  Detailed search facility to help you find your fabrics, patterns and projects.  Record links to your favourite blogs, websites and shops. Store your threads & notions and keep notepads. iCloud enabled to sync across all your devices.  No adverts. No subscriptions. No logins. No data-mining. Just a small one-off lifetime purchase.  Free "Lite" version also available to "try before you buy", limited to 5 items.

About

Stash Hub

Digitally organize all your sewing supplies, including fabrics, patterns, and notions. Manage projects, track measurements, and create shopping lists to streamline your sewing life and avoid duplicate purchases.

Highlights
  • Digital sewing stash organization
  • Fabric, pattern, and notion cataloging
  • Project and measurement tracking
  • Automated data entry from online listings
  • Advanced search and filtering
  • Visual project mockups
  • Shopping list management
Features
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Stash Hub is a purpose built app to digitally store your entire sewing stash. Everything at your fingertips, wherever you are. Keep all your fabrics, patterns, measurements, notions and shopping lists in one place to help you manage your projects and organise your sewing life. Never order the same thing twice! Awesome Features: - Easily save your fabrics, patterns, projects, notions, measurements, vouchers and shopping lists - Add extra information about each item along with pictures, links and attachments - Use Magic Input to create records directly from online shop listings - Quickly find what you’re looking for with search & advanced filters - Browse your whole collection with eases (no rummaging required!) - Record and update the measurements of yourself, family and friends - View interesting stats about your stash - Use Magic Mockup to combine fabrics & line drawings to easily visualise your projects without learning any new skills - Easily share your projects to social media - Keep a shopping list handy for your next trip to the shops or online sale - Access your stash on web by going to https://web.stashhubapp.com This app is currently under active development and we welcome and questions or feedback. Contact us: hello@stashhubapp.com Stash Hub offers two auto-renewing subscription options: £3.49 per month £34.99 per year These prices are for United Kingdom customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Terms and Conditions: https://stashhubapp.com/terms-and-conditions/ Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stashhubapp.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Sew Help Me4 screens
Stash Hub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Stash Hub at Free against Sew Help Me's $3.99. Stash Hub also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Sew Help Me's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#191 vs unranked). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Stash Hub is free to download; Sew Help Me costs $3.99 up front. Stash Hub sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Sew Help Me asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stash Hub holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stash Hub has 97 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Sew Help Me's written reviews are positive against 96% of Stash Hub's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sew Help Me ships an update every 2 months, Stash Hub every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Sew Help Me versus Stash Hub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSew Help MeStash Hub
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (18 ratings)4.9 (97 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews96.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1897 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#191 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB118 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperDavid SaundersDouglas Todd

Customer experience

Sew Help Me

All ratings18 ratings
Positive72.2%
Neutral11.1%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%

Stash Hub

All ratings97 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral4.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Sew Help Me

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Stash Hub

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Magic input fails with many websites
  • Pattern data disappearing after entry
  • Recent update breaks website compatibility
  • Inconsistent synchronization across devices

Requested features

8 requests
  • Search functionality for patterns
  • Photo uploads for notions category
  • Embroidery designs section
  • User roles and admin permissions for shared accounts
  • Inspiration picture storage in projects section
Show 3 more
  • Drag and drop sorting for entries
  • Improved magic input for patterns
  • Additional currency and date format options

In-app purchases

None

Sew Help Me

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Stash Hub

Subscriptions2
  • Stash Hub Premium$3.491 Month
  • Stash Hub Premium$32.991 Year

Questions

Is Sew Help Me free?
Sew Help Me costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stash Hub free?
Stash Hub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sew Help Me or Stash Hub?
Stash Hub is rated higher. Sew Help Me averages 4.1 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Stash Hub averages 4.9 from 97 ratings.
Do Sew Help Me or Stash Hub have ads?
Neither Sew Help Me nor Stash Hub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sew Help Me or Stash Hub?
Sew Help Me ships an update every 2 months, and Stash Hub every 5 days. Most recently, Sew Help Me was updated on October 29, 2026 and Stash Hub on October 30, 2026.

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